How to radicalize yourself – “Der Baader Meinhof Komplex”
At its release in 1985, this was praised as the ultimate biography of the infamous German…
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Frankenstein on the shoulders of Gilgamesh – Yuval Noah Harari’s “Sapiens”
In the academic discipline of “Big History,” historians and thinkers attempt to draw the grand lines …
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We biological machines – Robert Sapolsky: “Behave”
Biologist and neurologist Robert Sapolsky’s project is astoundingly ambitious: He wants to try to map out…
Eternity turns a corner: John Cage in Halberstadt
In the small German town of Halberstadt, a piece of music history unfolds: John Cage’s organ…
Erratically civilized – Will Self: “Great Apes”
Will Self’s novel “Great Apes” is both deeply unsettling and darkly hilarious – an uncomfortably precise…
“All the deer has to do is blink” – David Thomas and P.O. Jørgens at Jazzhouse
There are two kinds of extraordinary musical experiences: One is hearing something unlike anything you’ve ever…
The bravery of the coward – “The Noise of Time”
Night after night, a man stands by his elevator with a suitcase, waiting for the secret…
One Montmartre Morning
The morning after Friday, November 13, I wake up in my bed on Montmartre. On Facebook…
Bowie’s ghost in Copenhagen: Rother, Lampe, Bargmann
Michael Rother, Hans Lampe and Franz Bargmann took over Copenhagen’s Jazzhouse with “Krautrock” of the timeless…
Scopitone: The ancestor of music video
Today, most people think of the music video as appearing in the 1980s, gaining momentum with…